Monthly Archives: April 2018

Fed Launches SOFR: Alleged Replacement For $350 Trillion LIBOR Ma

The Fed hopes to move contracts to SOFR, away from the volatile, yet massive LIBOR market. First Steps A Libor Replacement Project is underway. Regulators around the globe began work on replacements for Libor, the London interbank offered rate, well before the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority sought to put the beleaguered interest-rate benchmark out of its misery….

Major Markets Index Weakens

The Major Markets Index (XMI) has plunged back into its long-term uptrending Andrew’s Pitchfork channel after a January breakout failed to hold, as shown on the monthly chart below. It may be headed back to its next major support level and channel median around 2250. Its momentum indicator uptrend has been broken and is hinting of further weakness ahead on…

Spotify Prices At $165.90, Valued Just Under $30 Billion

While there may have been some confusion whether it was Swedish or Swiss, there was nothing confusing about the precise price where Spotify broke for trading: at precisely 12:43 pm the first trade crossed at $165.90. As such, the world’s most popular music streaming service outdid analysts’ expectations during its Directly Listed public offering – the biggest…

Pound Higher After PMI Data

The Pound Sterling continued to climb during London trading on Tuesday after the release of the latest manufacturing data from the UK. According to Markit Surveys, the PMI manufacturing survey for March came in at 55.1, well above the 54.7 that had been predicted by analysts; the February reading, however, was revised downward to 55.0…

AUD/USD Technical Outlook: Price Testing Critical Uptrend Support

The Australian Dollar is approaching multi-year uptrend support after plummeting nearly 6% off the yearly highs. If the broader uptrend is to remain viable, prices will need to find a low ahead of this key structural support confluence in the days to come. It’s make-or-break here for the Aussie. AUD/USD DAILY PRICE CHART Technical Outlook: In this week’s Technical…